Texas made national, and probably worldwide news this week, going upstream from the mainstream consensus.  There’s weeping and gnashing of teeth over the anti-abortion law.  The radio had to be silenced this morning.  Hearing of the rush to beat enactment of the law, and the “providers’” anguish over their inability to “help everybody” was just too much.  Don’t tell me another word.

The other new law that’s blowing minds is that you can now carry firearms, openly or concealed, without any kind of permit.  It probably put a whole bunch of permit educators out of business, but it is now legal to be armed in Texas, anywhere that firearms are not prohibited.  We’re probably going to start seeing decals declaring every business and restaurant a “gun prohibited zone.”  The proponents of confiscation must be losing their minds.  Oh wait.

They’re all through reasoning with us.  About everything.  We’ll either do as we’re told or face whatever strictures are in store for the irredeemables.  Don’t we understand that this is a time of crisis, and there’s no time for discussion, let alone disagreement?  Global warming, we’re told to believe, is the root cause of nearly everything going wrong.  The people streaming across the border?  Global warming.  Trouble in the Middle East?  You guessed it.  Hurricane IDA?  Yep.  Whatever the crisis, the officials and media and corporations (particularly those that depend on government contracts) are doing their part.  What are you, some kind of “deplorable”?

We’re treated to officials telling us how they’ve managed a successful pullout from Kabul.  They did such a good job, preparing for all contingencies and all. Surely history will praise them.  Then the critics claim that thousands are left behind.  This after thousands have been airlifted to places where… let’s just say it’s not Kabul.  Have you seen what it’s like over there?  How many thousands are we talking about?  No doubt there were some good guys over there, but multiple thousands?  Let’s hope their vetting is as secure as we’re being told.  But when have they told us the truth about anything?

In an unintentional and backhanded way, the Corona business may have contributed to saving the country.  Parents were able to look over the shoulders of their kids and see what they were being “taught.”  As a result school boards all over the country have been getting an earful from outraged parents.  Then Project Veritas posted a video of a Sacramento teacher bragging about turning school kids into communist revolutionaries.  The school board meeting was epic.  The parents are not amused about their children being subjected to this Antifa instructor.

There the board sat fully masked, shuffling papers, operating a computer or cell phone as if they we’re nearly unaware of the thrashing they were receiving.  They said they’d fire the guy, but the parents are pretty sure they knew about this situation for at least a couple of years, and apparently think that there are several others in the system who are operating an indoctrination program on little kids who don’t know any better.  When asked, “How do you do it?” the teacher in line for firing responded, “I scare the ____ out of them.”  It was on video, and the parents didn’t much like it.

The CDC has a new study showing that TWICE as many as they thought have the antibodies indicating they’ve already been subjected to the sensational virus and have natural immunity.  That kind of screws up their whole argument, doesn’t it?  It means the mortality rate is only half what they said it was.  We’re wondering whether these folks get any consideration when it comes to vaccine mandates?  No? They too have to produce authentic paperwork in order to access what they want?  We almost forgot.  No exceptions.  Nothing has to make sense, you just do what you’re told and everything will be fine. The media is still doing its part to try to scare the be-jabbers out of anybody who’s not entrenched.  There’s more corona virus than ever!  Hospitals are turning away patients.  Run screaming into the night!

So there’s no treatment?  Have you seen the media recommending any treatments?  It’s as if there aren’t any.  Trump recommended treatments.  They were banned almost immediately.  If he recommended it, it’ll probably kill you.  His bout of the virus lasted only a couple of days, and he was back to full strength despite being in the “high risk” category.  The media would have you believe there is no treatment.  Just stay home and hope it’s not too bad.  Even if you’ve had your shot, they’ve still got mask mandates. There’ll be boosters and other necessary shots in the future, they’ll let you know.

But the mandates apply to those who’ve had the shot and got their papers and everything.  That’s OK.  Just wear your mask regardless and follow all instructions whether it makes any sense to you or not.  The government will consider the science and tell you what to do.  It’s a bit much to trust people who think they’re the highest form of intelligence in the universe.  Maybe if they had just a hint of humility.  Acknowledge the Creator, for a start.  Would that be too much to ask?

Mark

PS:  We’ve made progress on another edition of 21^st Century WATCH, and expect to have it finished before we go to the Feast of Tabernacles.  Many thanks to all.

Source: http://www.intercontinentalcog.org/fridayupdates.php

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The pope is once again proving that he embraces communism as “perfect Christianity.”  He says the disciples shared all things in common, and there you go.  That is his justification for communist leanings.  He should have sung harmony on John Lennon’s Imagine record.  But it’s doubtful he can sing.  Even Lennon reportedly outgrew his fanciful lyrics.  But not the pope.

Russia is amassing troops and tanks on Ukraine’s border, while conducting military exercises in the Black Sea.  There are reports that the fraudulent president has called back two Navy ships that were on their way.  Putin has closed the straits that would have had to be navigated if American ships were to have entered the Black Sea.  Get used to it.  America’s military is going to be backing down from any hint of conflict as long as we have to endure the current regime.

If Russia decides to annex Ukraine it looks as though nothing will be done.  Germany is not going to get involved.  It went forward with plans for the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline for energy against the advice of President Trump, so Russia has undisputed leverage over Germany.  As an aside, Angela Merkel failed to live up to her promise of increased funding for Germany’s part in NATO, which remained a major bone of contention for the Trump administration.  With Germany compromised by its energy needs, NATO can’t be expected to intervene.

Vladimir Putin is apparently aware that no one will stop him from taking Ukraine if that is indeed what he intends to do.  Half of Ukraine’s citizens are said to support Russian annexation anyway.  So, don’t be surprised when Ukraine becomes part of Russia.

You might remember any number of insider videos released by Project Veritas.  They nailed a lady from Planned Parenthood admitting over lunch that they sold aborted baby parts.  She said she was going to buy a Ferrari or Lamborghini or something.

Most recently they showed a CNN technical director saying he joined the network to help get Trump out of office.  He says they created the story claiming Trump’s hands were shaking out of whole cloth, and then brought in a batch of doctors and “experts” to speculate about what might be wrong with him.  That’s not all they did, and are still doing.  Anyone who watched the network over recent years knows that their homosexual anchors pushed the idea that Trump was crazy, racist and likely suffering some sort of dementia.  They called Trump supporters racist and uneducated all day and night.

One of their most aggressive “pundits” is gone without a trace.  Whatever happened to Jeffrey Toobin after all?  We wish we didn’t know.  Without the constant determined effort, the guy on hidden video suspects Trump would still be president.  He said the next big push, once they’ve completely exhausted the last of their audience with COVID fear, will be “global warming,” or climate change as they’ve come to call it.  He actually said, “Fear sells.”  Maybe that should be their new tagline, since we all know they’re not, “The Most Trusted Name in News.”  Not for a long time now.

If you’re brave enough to risk seeing what they’re doing on CNN, the technical director says that pictures of video of morose Polar bears and collapsing ice will be common on the “news” network.  They’ll try again to bamboozle us with this nonsense, and ridicule all who don’t buy-in.  It seems CNN hates America, hates President Trump and reserves a special hatred for Trump supporters, all the while accusing us as being dangerous “haters.”  Antifa and BLM are justified in all that they do, whether attacking Police precincts, burning businesses or looting department stores.  If you don’t support what they’re doing, you might be a racist!

There are too many signs of the times in which we’re living to even scratch the surface.  But one of the most telling is the fact that corporations are falling all over each other to implement “mandates” of one kind or another.  There is all kinds of noise about the “vaccination passport,” and a movement to insist that an individual be able to prove they’ve had their shots before being able to fly or enter into an establishment where people are shopping.  That push actually predates the news that some people don’t respond well to being vaccinated.  It’s hard to know what to believe in this vortex of conflicting information, but some vaccines have been banned in Europe and one (J & J) has been “paused” in the United States due to the onset of blood clots.   We’re also told that they may be dangerous to some who have already been exposed to the virus and developed anti-bodies, possibly all without their knowledge.  Whatever the truth may be, don’t expect Dr. Fauci to tell it.  Especially if there’s any hint of returning to FREEDOM.  It would be the end of the fame and power he so enjoys.

What’s important from our point of view is that multinational corporate conglomerates are doing the government’s dirty work.  There’s no need for the government to implement un-Constitutional mandates if every big name in food, sports, transportation etc. requires proof that you’ve relinquished freedom for the privilege of being a consumer.  Will we ever taste freedom again?  If the Supreme Court is packed and the Electoral College eliminated, both of which are goals of our fraudulent masters, probably not.  Try to have a great Sabbath.  There is a much Higher Power!

Mark

Source: http://www.intercontinentalcog.org/fridayupdates.php

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The White House said on Wednesday that it will hold a social media summit next month amid President Trump’s fresh attacks against internet platforms over allegations of anti-conservative bias.

White House spokesman Judd Deere told The Hill in an email that the event is set for July 11.

“This event will bring together digital leaders for a robust conversation on the opportunities and challenges of today’s online environment,” Deere said.

It’s unclear which leaders will be invited or who plans on attending.

Trump earlier Wednesday attacked Facebook, Google, and Twitter, accusing them, without evidence, of opposing him politically and even trying to rig the election against him, the latest escalation in his fight with the tech giants.

“These people are all Democrats,” the president said in an interview with Fox Business.

“We should be suing Google and Facebook and all that, which perhaps we will,” he added.

Trump also accused Twitter of censorship.

“I have millions and millions of followers, but I will tell you they make it very hard for people to join me on Twitter and they make it very much harder for me to get out the message,” he said.

Facebook and Google declined to comment. A spokesman for Twitter pointed to a blog post that the company put out last year saying that some users could expect follower counts to drop as it purges fake accounts from the platform.

“We’ll be removing these locked accounts from follower counts across profiles globally,” the post said. “As a result, the number of followers displayed on many profiles may go down.”

The companies have all denied that politics played any role in their decisionmaking when it comes to content moderation. None of the platforms’ representatives would comment on the social media summit.

Trump has met with tech executives in recent months, including Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, to complain about what he suspects are efforts from a socially liberal Silicon Valley to silence conservatives.

During the April meeting with Dorsey, Trump reportedly raised the issue of losing followers. Dorsey was forced to explain that the lost followers were likely bots.

Other GOP lawmakers have echoed the attacks and used them to push for changes to a law that shields websites from liability for content posted by their users, Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.

Conservative lawmakers have in recent days used a video posted this week by the right-wing group Project Veritas as ammunition. The segment includes an undercover video of Jen Gennai, a Google executive, talking about mistakes the company made in 2016 that it is trying to avoid in 2020.

Project Veritas painted the recording as evidence of liberal bias, but Gennai responded saying that the group “selectively edited and spliced the video to distort my words and the actions of my employer.”

“I was having a casual chat with someone at a restaurant and used some imprecise language. Project Veritas got me. Well done,” Gennai wrote in a blog post.

Still, GOP leaders seized on the video, and its removal from the Google-owned YouTube due to a privacy claim, as evidence of a conspiracy against conservatives.

“Advocating violent acts and recruiting terrorists online is illegal. But expressing one’s political views, however repugnant they may be, is protected under the First Amendment,” Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.), the top Republican on the House Homeland Security Committee, said on Wednesday during the panel’s hearing with social media executives.

“I have serious questions about Google’s ability to be fair and balanced when it appears to have colluded with YouTube to silence this negative press coverage,” Rogers added.

And in a testy exchange during a Senate Commerce subcommittee hearing on Wednesday, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) repeatedly asked a Google executive if she knows anyone at the company who voted for Trump.

Democrats, who are also becoming increasingly critical of the tech giants, have dismissed the bias allegations from conservatives as bad-faith attacks. At Wednesday’s Commerce hearing, Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), a vocal tech critic himself, called it “working of the refs.”

“There are members of Congress who use the working of the refs to terrify Facebook and Google and Twitter executives so that they don’t take action in taking down extreme content, false content, polarizing content — contra their own rules of engagement,” he said.

Source: https://thehill.com/policy/technology/450418-trump-to-convene-social-media-summit-in-july

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